Reports from CTA Offices

-Report filed by TSO, Dharamshala- Dharamshala: Indo-Tibetan Friendship Association had held Essay Writing Competition on His Holiness the Dalai Lama and drawing competition on Environment Preservation on 17 November 2018 at Government Senior Secondary School Forsythganj. During which two school has participated; Government Senior Secondary School Forsythganj and Government High School Bhagsunag. More

-Report filed by the Department of Health- Dharamshala: Health Kalon Choekyong Wangchuk has left Dharamshala on 16 November, a twelve-day visit to Tibetan settlement in south India from 16 to 28 November 2018. From 19 to 21 November, he will be attending the meeting on Hepatitis B and Tibetan Allopathic Physician Network (TAPN) in Mundgod. More

-Report filed by Tibetan Parliamentary Secretariat- Ranchi, Jharkand: As a part of all-India Tibet-advocacy campaign by the 16th Tibetan Parliament -in-Exile, the Tibetan parliamentary delegation comprised of Ven. Khenpo Kada Ngodup Sonam, Tenzin Jamyang and Tsering Lhamo has began the campaign at the capital city of Jharkhand, Ranchi by successfully calling upon several leaders of the state. More

-Filed by India Tibet Coordination Office, New Delhi- New Delhi:The family members of late Shri Satya Prakash Malviya, former Union Minister and Member of Parliament organised a prayer and memorial meeting in honour of him at Deputy Speaker Hall, Constitution Club of India, New Delhi on 15 November 2018. More

-Filed by Tibetan parliamentary Secretariats- Dharamshala: As per the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile's Tibetan settlements visitation/assessment program, parliamentarians Thupten Lungrig and Lobsang Choejor are scheduled to visit Doegyuling Tibetan settlement in Mundgod, Karnataka and its nearby Tibetan communities and winter-market from 15 to 30 November 2018. More

Dharamshala: Deputy Speaker of 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile Ven. Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok is scheduled to visit Delhi to attend the ‘Memorial Meeting’ to honour and celebrate the life and work of the late Sh. Satyaprakash Malaviya, Former Union Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Parliamentary Affairs on 15 November at Deputy Speaker Hall, Constitution Club, New Delhi. More

Dharamshala: Tibetans in Kalimpong celebrated the 45th birth anniversary of the 42nd Sakya Trizin Rinpoche, the supreme head of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism at Tsechen Thinley Dargyal ling Monastery, Kalimpong on 12 November 2018. The ceremony began with a mandala offering by the Monastery and Tibetan community followed by the Tibetan scarf offering ceremony. More

Moscow: The First National Scientific-Practical Conference of Translators of Buddhist texts “For the Russian speaking canon” was held in Moscow from November 6th - 9th 2018. The conference was attended by leading Russian translators, researchers and publishers of Buddhist texts. More

Dharamshala: Deputy Speaker of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Ven. Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok condoled the surviving family members of late Sh. Ananth Kumar, Union Minister and a senior BJP leader, over his demise earlier this morning at a hospital in Bengaluru. View the condolence letter here. More

Dharamshala: As per the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile’s program to meet Governors, Chief Ministers, Speakers and members of State Legislative Assemblies in the various states on India to advocate for Tibet’s cause, a three-member delegation of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile is scheduled to visit the capital city of Jharkhand, Ranchi from 10 to 19 November. More

Moscow: Two researchers from the Tibet Policy Institute, Dr Tenzin Desal and Mr Karma Tenzin recently concluded a visit to Russia. The delegation left Dharamsala on 27 October and returned back to Dharamsala on 7 November 2018. During their visit, they met with academics and young researchers specializing in Tibetan studies in Moscow and St Petersburg. More

Nagpur: A delegation of seven Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns, led by the Tibetan settlement officer Jigme Tsultrim participated in the 4th International Buddhist Peace Conference held in Nagpur from 17 to 18 October. The 4th International Buddhist Peace Conference was organised under the leadership of Adv. More

Odisha: Kalon Dr Pema Yangchen, Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration visited Sambhota Tibetan School in Odisha from 1 to 3 November to inspect the school infrastructure and interact with students. Kalon was accompanied by Secretary Karma Singey. More

-Filed by Office of Tibet, Moscow Moscow, Russia: A Conference on “Tibetology and Buddhology at the intersection of science and religion” was held at the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental studies on October 30-31. More

Paonta, HP: On the joyous Indian festival of Diwali, Settlement Officer of Paonta Cholsum, Gelek Jamyang greeted Minister of Industries, Shri Bikram Singh, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Members of Legislative Assembly and many other esteemed officials on behalf of the Central Tibetan Administration. More